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For 🐧:
Eileen Mayo (1906-1994)
Yellow-eyed Penguin, 1976
gouache on paper
Te Papa: collections.tepapa.govt.nz/obj
🆔 The Yellow-eyed Penguin (Megadyptes antipodes), known also as hoiho or tarakaka, is a species of endemic to New Zealand. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow-e
🚨 IUCN Red List : Endangered Species iucnredlist.org/species/226978

Adélie penguins for #PenguinAwarenessDay ! ⠀

This handsome couple, two Adélie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae), common to all the Antarctic coasts, are hand printed in black ink with a hint of orange on white Japanese kozo (or mulberry) paper. Each print is 12.5” by 9.25” (31.8 cm by 23.5cm). Adélie penguins are the most widely spread and southernly penguins (along with the Emperor penguins).⠀

#linocut #AdéliePenguin #printmaking #Antarctica #MastoArt

Today is Penguin Awareness Day, so please be aware that penguins are capable of projectile pooping, and can eject poo to distances twice their body lengths.

Even better: scientists did a deep dive into the physical forces in penguin guts and rectums that make this awesome achievement possible.

livescience.com/pengins-projec

Live Science · Penguins shoot 'poop bombs' more than 4 feet, incredibly important study findsBy Mindy Weisberger

Adélie penguins for #PenguinAwarenessDay ! ⠀


This handsome couple, two Adélie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae), common to all the Antarctic coasts, are hand printed in black ink with a hint of orange on white Japanese kozo (or mulberry) paper. Each print is 12.5" by 9.25" (31.8 cm by 23.5cm). Adélie penguins are the most widely spread and southernly penguins (along with the Emperor penguins).⠀

#linocut #AdéliePenguin #printmaking #Antarctica #MastoArt